Word: hedonist
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...remarry? According to the playwrighting Stuarts, it depends on the character of the child. When Jennifer Lawrence (Peggy Wood) agrees to marry Sir John Corbett (Louis Calhern). her younger daughter. Baba. is thoroughly pleased. Baba (11-year-old Jeanne Dante, in her third play) is a pudgy little hedonist, fond of chocolates and a general good time. Sir John wins her affection easily with a theatre party and promises to teach her to play golf, sail a boat, ride a pony...
Ruth is played by Alice Brady (Bride of the Lamb, Karl & Anna), who does a highly creditable job in a part far removed from her regular line of work. Ben Smith, the sensible young hedonist of Holiday, plays Larry. A Texan, Actor Smith's understanding of his role compensates for any artistic shortcomings. Lester Lonergan is superb as the wise, tolerant man of medicine...
...Jeanne Eagels do not lessen the impact of her own personality. Gary Cooper's expert underacting as the hero and Adolphe Menjou's return to the U. S. screen are other reasons for Morocco being a good picture. Menjou has a comparatively unimportant role as a disappointed and aging hedonist, a role he has taken before in slightly different forms, but which he has never done better. Best shot: Marlene Dietrich playing to a hostile crowd in a Moroccan cabaret...